Travel RN - Psychiatric
Lewiston, ID
Staffing partner
Posted Jun 18 · Not open to new grads
- Shift
- 12-hour nights
- Hours a week
- 36
- Unit
- Psych
- Contract
- 13 weeks
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 12-hour nights · 3 a week · 36 hours
- Term
- 13 weeks · starts Jun 8, 2026 · Travel
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Staffing partner
- American Traveler
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About this role
Assignment Overview Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs Hours: 36 hrs/wk Start Date: Jun 8, 2026 Length: 13 weeks Openings: 1 American Traveler is hiring a travel RN for a Behavioral Health (Psychiatric) position working night shifts at a hospital in Lewiston, ID, requiring a minimum of 2 years of recent psychiatric nursing experience.
- Details
- Inpatient psychiatric/behavioral health unit within a hospital setting
- Night shift
schedule
7:00 PM – 7:00 AM 13-week contract Requirements Active ID or Compact RN license, currently in hand Minimum 2 years of recent experience in psychiatric/behavioral health nursing Current BLS certification required (RQI/RCIS certifications not accepted) Full US Social Security Number required Date of birth required for consideration No gaps in work history of 90 days or more within the past 12 months Additional Information Candidates residing within 50 miles of the facility may be eligible at a local pay rate All certifications must be valid through at least the first 30 days of the assignment start date
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“ravel RN for a Behavioral Health (Psychiatric) position working night shifts at a hospital in Lewiston, ID, requiring a minimum of 2 years of recent psychiatric nursing experience.” · from this posting
Requirements
- Active ID or Compact RN license, currently in hand
- Minimum 2 years of recent experience in psychiatric/behavioral health nursing
- Current BLS certification required (RQI/RCIS certifications not accepted)
- Full US Social Security Number required
- Date of birth required for consideration
- No gaps in work history of 90 days or more within the past 12 months
- Additional Information
- Candidates residing within 50 miles of the facility may be eligible at a local pay rate
- All certifications must be valid through at least the first 30 days of the assignment start date
Place
- City
- Lewiston, ID
- Median rent
- $1,027/mo
- Local household income
- $72,197/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Lewiston area index 91.2, where 100 is the national average.
Nestled at the confluence of the Snake and Clearwater rivers in north-central Idaho, Lewiston offers nurses a laid-back river-town pace with easy access to outdoor recreation and a notably warmer microclimate than much of the state.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
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American Traveler is a travel nursing staffing agency that places experienced registered nurses in temporary 13-week contract assignments at hospitals across multiple states. Assignments are located in diverse geographic settings, from Rapid City, SD, to Michigan's Upper Peninsula and Atlanta,…
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Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
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